WELCOME
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
REPORTING STANDARDS (I F R S)
WHY IFRS ?
A single set of accounting standards would
enable internationally to standardize
training and assure better quality on a
global screen, it would also permit
international capital to flow more freely,
enabling companies to develop consistent
global practices on accounting problems.
It would be beneficial to regulators too, as
a complexity associated with needing to
understand various reporting regimes
would be reduced.
OBJECTIVES OF IFRS
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to develop, in the public interest, a single set of high quality, understandable and
enforceable global accounting standards that require high quality, transparent and
comparable information in financial statements and other financial reporting to help
participants in the world's capital markets and other users make economic
decisions;
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to promote the use and rigorous application of those standards;
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in fulfilling the objectives associated with (1) and (2), to take account of, as
appropriate, the special needs of small and medium-sized entities and emerging
economies.
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to bring about convergence of national accounting standards and International
Accounting standards and IFRS to high quality solutions.
SCOPE OF IFRS
1.
IASB Standards are known as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
2.
All International Accounting Standards (IASs) and Interpretations issued by the former
IASC (International Accounting Standard Committee) and SIC (Standard Interpretation
Committee) continue to be applicable unless and until they are amended or withdrawn.
3.
IFRSs apply to the general purpose financial statements and other financial reporting by
profit-oriented entities -- those engaged in commercial, industrial, financial, and similar
activities, regardless of their legal form.
4.
Entities other than profit-oriented business entities may also find IFRSs appropriate.
SCOPE OF IFRS
5.
General purpose financial statements are intended to meet the common needs
of shareholders, creditors, employees, and the public at large for information
about an entity's financial position, performance, and cash flows.
6. Other financial reporting includes information provided outside financial
statements that assists in the interpretation of a complete set of financial
statements or improves users' ability to make efficient economic decisions.
7. IFRS apply to individual company and consolidated financial statements.
8. A complete set of financial statements includes a balance sheet, an income
statement, a cash flow statement, a statement showing either all changes in
equity or changes in equity other than those arising from investments by and
distributions to owners, a summary of accounting policies, and explanatory
notes.
SCOPE OF IFRS
9. If an IFRS allows both a 'benchmark' and an 'allowed alternative' treatment,
financial statements may be described as conforming to IFRS whichever treatment
is followed.
10. In developing Standards, IASB intends not to permit choices in accounting
treatment. Further, IASB intends to reconsider the choices in existing IASs with a
view to reducing the number of those choices.
11. IFRS will present fundamental principles in bold face type and other guidance in
non-bold type (the 'black-letter'/'grey-letter' distinction). Paragraphs of both types
have equal authority.
12. The provision of IAS 1 that conformity with IAS requires compliance with every
applicable IAS and Interpretation requires compliance with all IFRSs as well.
LIST OF IFRS
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IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
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IFRS 2 Share-based Payment
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IFRS 3 Business Combinations
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IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts
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IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
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IFRS 6 Exploration for and evaluation of Mineral Resources
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IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
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IFRS 8 Operating Segments
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREPARATION AND
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The IASB Framework was approved by IASC Board in April, 1989 for publication
in July 1989, and adopted by the IASB in April, 2001.

This Framework sets out the concepts that underlie the preparation and presentation
of financial statements for external users.
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The Framework deals with:
– The objective of financial statements;
– The qualitative characteristics that determine the usefulness of information in
financial statement;
– The Definition, recognition and measurement of the elements from which
financial statements are constructed; and
– Concept of capital and capital maintenance.
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The Objective of Financial statements is to provide useful information to
users of financial statements in making economic decision.
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Financial Statements are prepared to provide information on Financial
Position, Operating Performance and changes in financial position of an
entity
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Financial Statements are normally prepared on the assumption that entity is
a going concern and will continue in operation for the foreseeable future,
and prepared on accrual basis of accounting.
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The four Qualitative characteristics are Understandability, relevance,
reliability and comparability are the attributes that make the financial
information useful to users.
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The elements directly related to the measurement of financial position are
assets, liabilities and equity.

An item that meets the definition of an element should be recognized if:
– it is probable that any future economic benefit associated the item will flow to or
from the entity.
– the item has a cost or value that can be measured with reliability.
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Measurement is the process of determining the monetary amounts at which each
element in the financial statements are to be recognized and carried in the Balance
Sheet and Income statement.

The concept of capital maintenance is concerned with how an entity defines the
capital that it seeks to maintain. It provides the linkage between the concepts of capital
and the concepts of profit because it provides the point of reference by which profit is
measured.
IFRS -1 : FIRST TIME ADOPTION OF
IFRS
OBJECTIVE OF THE STANDARD:
– The objective of this IFRS is to ensure that an entity’s first IFRS
financial statements, and its interim financial reports for part of the
period covered by those financial statements, contain high quality
information that:
– it is transparent for users and comparable over all the periods presented.
– Provides a suitable starting point for accounting under International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); and
– Can be generated at a cost that does not
exceed the benefits to users.
IFRS-1
POINTS:
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An entity shall prepare and present an opening IFRS statement of financial position
at the date of transition to IFRSs. This is the starting point for its accounting under
IFRSs.
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An entity shall prepare an opening IFRS balance sheet at the date of transition to
IFRSs. This is the starting point for its accounting under IFRSs. An entity need not
present its opening IFRS balance sheet in its first IFRS financial statements.
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In general, the IFRS requires an entity to comply with each IFRS effective at the end
of its first IFRS reporting period. In particular, the IFRS requires an entity to do the
following in the opening IFRS statement of financial position that it prepares as a
starting point for its accounting under IFRSs:

recognize all assets and liabilities whose recognition is required by IFRSs.
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not to recognize items as assets or liabilities if IFRSs do not permit such recognition;
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reclassify items that it recognized under previous GAAP as one type of asset,
liability or component of equity, but are different type of asset, liability or
component of equity under IFRSs.
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Apply IFRSs in measuring all recognized assets and liabilities.
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The IFRS grants limited exemptions from these requirements in specified
areas where the cost of complying with them would be likely to exceed the
benefits to users of financial statements.
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The IFRS also prohibits retrospective application of IFRSs in some areas;
particularly where retrospective application would require judgments by
management about past conditions after the outcome of a particular
transaction is already known.
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The IFRS requires disclosures that explain how the transition from previous
GAAP to IFRSs affected the entities reported financial position, financial
performance and cash flows.
IFRS -2 : SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
OBJECTIVE OF THIS STANDARD:
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The objective of this IFRS is to specify the financial reporting by an entity
when it undertakes a share-based payment transaction.
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In particular, it requires an entity to reflect in its profit or loss and financial
position the effects of share-based payment transactions, including expenses
associated with transactions in which share options are granted to employees.
POINTS:
IFRS-2
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The IFRS requires an entity to recognize share-based payment
transactions in its financial statements, including transactions
with employees or other parties to be settled in cash, other
assets, or equity instruments of the entity.
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There are no exceptions to the IFRS, other than for
transactions to which other Standards apply.
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This also applies to transfers of equity instruments of the
entity’s parent, or equity instruments of another entity in the
same group as the entity, to parties that have supplied goods or
services to the entity.
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The IFRS sets out measurement principles and specific
requirements for three types of share-based payment
transactions:
(a)
equity-settled share-based payment transactions, in which the entity
receives goods or services as consideration for equity instruments of
the entity (including shares or share options);
(b) cash-settled share-based payment transactions, in which the entity
acquires goods or services by incurring liabilities to the supplier of
those goods or services for amounts that are based on the price (or
value) of the entity’s shares or other equity instruments of the entity;
and
(c) transactions in which the entity receives or acquires goods or services
and the terms of the arrangement provide either the entity or the
supplier of those goods or services with a choice of whether the entity
settles the transaction in cash
or by issuing equity
instruments.
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For equity-settled share-based payment transactions, the IFRS requires an entity to measure
the goods or services received, and the corresponding increase in equity, directly, at the fair
value of the goods or services received, unless that fair value cannot be estimated reliably.
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If the entity cannot estimate reliably the fair value of the goods or services received, the
entity is required to measure their value, and the corresponding increase in equity,
indirectly, by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted. Furthermore:
(a) for transactions with employees and others providing similar services, the entity is
required to measure the fair value of the equity instruments granted, because it is
typically not possible to estimate reliably the fair value of employee services received.
The fair value of the equity instruments granted is measured at grant date.
(b) for transactions with parties other than employees (and those providing similar
services), there is a rebut table presumption that the fair value of the goods or services
received can be estimated reliably. That fair value is measured at the date the entity
obtains the goods or the counterparty renders service. In rare cases, if the presumption is
rebutted, the transaction is measured by reference to the fair value of the equity
instruments granted, measured at the
date the entity obtains the goods or
the counterparty renders
service.
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(c)
for goods or services measured by reference to the fair value of the equity
instruments granted, the IFRS specifies that vesting conditions, other than
market conditions, are not taken into account when estimating the fair value
of the shares or options at the relevant measurement date (as specified above).
Instead, vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of
equity instruments included in the measurement of the transaction amount so
that, ultimately, the amount recognized for goods or services received as
consideration for the equity instruments granted is based on the number of
equity instruments that eventually vest. Hence, on a cumulative basis, no
amount is recognized for goods or services received if the equity instruments
granted do not vest because of failure to satisfy a vesting condition (other
than a market condition).
(d)
the IFRS requires the fair value of equity instruments granted to be based on
market prices, if available, and to take into account the terms and conditions
upon which those equity instruments were granted. In the absence of market
prices, fair value is estimated, using a valuation technique to estimate what
the price of those equity instruments would have been on the measurement
date
in an arm’s length transaction between knowledgeable,
willing parties.
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(e) the IFRS also sets out requirements if the terms and conditions of an option
or share grant are modified (e.g. an option is reprised) or if a grant is
cancelled, repurchased or replaced with another grant of equity instruments.
For example, irrespective of any modification, cancellation or settlement of a
grant of equity instruments to employees, the IFRS generally requires the
entity to recognize, as a minimum, the services received measured at the
grant date fair value of the equity instruments granted.
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For cash-settled share-based payment transactions, the IFRS requires an entity to
measure the goods or services acquired and the liability incurred at the fair value
of the liability. Until the liability is settled, the entity is required to re measure
the fair value of the liability at each reporting date and at the date of settlement,
with any changes in value recognized in profit or loss for the period.
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For share-based payment transactions in which the terms of the arrangement
provide either the entity or the supplier of goods or services with a choice of
whether the entity settles the transaction in cash or by issuing equity instruments,
the entity is required to account for that transaction, or the components of that
transaction, as a cash-settled share-based payment transaction if, and to the extent
that, the entity has incurred a liability to settle in cash (or other assets), or as an
equity-settled share-based payment transaction if, and to the extent that, no such
liability has been incurred.
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The IFRS prescribes various disclosure requirements to enable users of financial
statements to understand:
 the nature and extent of share-based payment arrangements that existed during
the period;
 how the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the
equity instruments granted, during the period was determined; and
 the effect of share-based payment transactions on the entity’s profit or loss for
the period and on its financial position.
IFRS -3 : BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
OBJECTIVE OF THIS STANDARD:

The objective of the IFRS is to enhance the relevance, reliability and
comparability of the information that an entity provides in its financial statements
about a business combination and its effects. It does that by establishing principles
and requirements for how an acquirer:
– (a) recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets
acquired, the liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the
acquire;
– (b) recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business combination
or a gain from a bargain purchase; and
– (c) determines what information to disclose to enable users
financial statements to evaluate the nature and
of the business combination.
of the
financial effects
POINTS:
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Core principle

An acquirer of a business recognises the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed at their acquisition-date fair values and discloses information that
enables users to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the acquisition.
Applying the acquisition method

A business combination must be accounted for by applying the acquisition
method, unless it is a combination involving entities or businesses under
common control. One of the parties to a business combination can always be
identified as the acquirer, being the entity that obtains control of the other
business (the acquiree). Formations of a joint venture or the acquisition of an
asset or a group of assets that does not constitute a business are not business
combinations.
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The IFRS establishes principles for recognising and measuring the
identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any non-controlling
interest in the acquiree. Any classifications or designations made in
recognising these items must be made in accordance with the contractual
terms, economic conditions, acquirer’s operating or accounting policies and
other factors that exist at the acquisition date.
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Each identifiable asset and liability is measured at its acquisition-date fair
value. Any non-controlling interest in an acquiree is measured at fair value
or as the non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the acquiree’s
net identifiable assets.
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The IFRS provides limited exceptions to these recognition and measurement
principles:
a) Leases and insurance contracts are required to be classified on the basis of the
contractual terms and other factors at the inception of the contract (or when the
terms have changed) rather than on the basis of the factors that exist at the
acquisition date.
b) Only those contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination that are a
present obligation and can be measured reliably are recognized.
c) Some assets and liabilities are required to be recognised or measured in
accordance with other IFRSs, rather than at fair value. The assets and
liabilities affected are those falling within the scope of IAS 12 Income Taxes,
IAS 19 Employee Benefits, IFRS 2 Share-based Payment and IFRS 5 Noncurrent Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations.
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(d) There are special requirements for measuring a reacquired right.
(e) Indemnification assets are recognised and measured on a basis that is
consistent with the item that is subject to the indemnification, even if that
measure is not fair value.
The IFRS requires the acquirer, having recognised the identifiable assets, the
liabilities and any non-controlling interests, to identify any difference between:
a)
b)
the aggregate of the consideration transferred, any non-controlling interest in
the acquiree and, in a business combination achieved in stages, the
acquisition-date fair value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in
the acquiree; and
the net identifiable assets acquired.
The difference will, generally, be recognised as goodwill. If the
acquirer
has made a gain from a bargain purchase that
gain is recognised
in profit or loss.
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The consideration transferred in a business combination (including any contingent
consideration) is measured at fair value.
In general, an acquirer measures and accounts for assets acquired and liabilities
assumed or incurred in a business combination after the business combination has
been completed in accordance with other applicable IFRSs. However, the IFRS
provides accounting requirements for reacquired rights, contingent liabilities,
contingent consideration and indemnification assets.
Disclosure

The IFRS requires the acquirer to disclose information that enables users of its
financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effect of business
combinations that occurred during the current reporting period or after the
reporting date but before the financial statements are authorised for issue.

After a business combination, the acquirer must disclose any adjustments
recognised in the current reporting period that
relate to business
combinations that occurred in the current
or previous reporting
periods.
IFRS -4 : INSURANCE CONTRACTS
OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD:

The objective of this IFRS is to specify the financial reporting for
insurance contracts by any entity that issues such contracts (described
in this IFRS as an insurer) until the Board completes the second phase
of its project on insurance contracts. In particular, this IFRS requires:
 limited improvements to accounting by insurers for insurance
contracts.
 disclosure that identifies and explains the amounts in an insurer’s
financial statements arising from insurance contracts and helps
users of those financial statements understand the amount, timing
and uncertainty of future
cash flows from
insurance contracts.
IFRS-4
POINTS:

An insurance contract is a contract under which one party (the insurer)
accepts significant insurance risk from another party (the policyholder) by
agreeing to compensate the policyholder if a specified uncertain future event
(the insured event) adversely affects the policyholder.

The IFRS applies to all insurance contracts (including reinsurance contracts)
that an entity issues and to reinsurance contracts that it holds, except for
specified contracts covered by other IFRSs. It does not apply to other assets
and liabilities of an insurer, such as financial assets and financial liabilities
within the scope of IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement. Furthermore, it does not address accounting by policyholders.
IFRS-4
The IFRS exempts an insurer temporarily (ie during phase I of this project)
from some requirements of other IFRSs, including the requirement to
consider the Framework in selecting accounting policies for insurance
contracts. However, the IFRS:
a. prohibits provisions for possible claims under contracts that are not
in existence at the end of the reporting period (such as catastrophe and
equalisation provisions).
b. requires a test for the adequacy of recognised insurance liabilities and
an impairment test for reinsurance assets.
c. requires an insurer to keep insurance liabilities in its statement of
financial position until they are discharged or cancelled, or expire, and
to present insurance liabilities without offsetting them against related
reinsurance assets.
IFRS-4

The IFRS permits an insurer to change its accounting policies for
insurance contracts only if, as a result, its financial statements present
information that is more relevant and no less reliable, or more reliable
and no less relevant. In particular, an insurer cannot introduce any of the
following practices, although it may continue using accounting policies
that involve them:
a. measuring insurance liabilities on an undiscounted basis.
b. measuring contractual rights to future investment management fees
at an amount that exceeds their fair value as implied by a comparison
with current fees charged by other market participants for similar
services.
a. using non-uniform accounting policies for the insurance liabilities of
subsidiaries.
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The IFRS permits the introduction of an accounting policy that involves re
measuring designated insurance liabilities consistently in each period to
reflect current market interest rates (and, if the insurer so elects, other current
estimates and assumptions). Without this permission, an insurer would have
been required to apply the change in accounting policies consistently to all
similar liabilities.

The IFRS requires disclosure to help users understand:
 the amounts in the insurer’s financial statements that arise from insurance
contracts.
 the amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows from insurance contracts
IFRS -5 : NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR
SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD:

The objective of this IFRS is to specify the accounting for assets held for
sale, and the presentation and disclosure of discontinued operations. In
particular, the IFRS requires:
a. assets that meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale to be
measured at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to
sell, and depreciation on such assets to cease; and
b. assets that meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale to be
presented separately in the statement of financial position and the
results of discontinued operations to be presented separately in the
statement of comprehensive
income.
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POINTS:

The IFRS:
a) adopts the classification ‘held for sale’.
b) introduces the concept of a disposal group, being a group of assets to be
disposed of, by sale or otherwise, together as a group in a single transaction,
and liabilities directly associated with those assets that will be transferred in
the transaction.
c) classifies an operation as discontinued at the date the operation meets the
criteria to be classified as held for sale or when the entity has disposed of the
operation.

An entity shall classify a non-current asset (or disposal group) as held
for sale if its carrying amount will be recovered principally through a
sale transaction rather than through continuing use.
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present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for
sales of such assets (or disposal groups) and its sale must be highly
probable.
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For the sale to be highly probable, the appropriate level of management
must be committed to a plan to sell the asset (or disposal group), and an
active program to locate a buyer and complete the plan must have been
initiated. Further, the asset (or disposal group) must be actively marketed
for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value. In
addition, the sale should be expected to qualify for recognition as a
completed sale within one year from the date of classification, except as
permitted by paragraph 9, and actions required to complete the plan should
indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made
or that the plan will be withdrawn.
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A discontinued operation is a component of an entity that either has been
disposed of, or is classified as held for sale, and
a) represents a separate major line of business or geographical area of
operations,
b) is part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a separate major line of
business or geographical area of operations or
c) is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to resale.
A component of an entity comprises operations and cash flows

that can be clearly distinguished, operationally and for financial
reporting purposes, from the rest of the entity. In other words, a
component of an entity will have been a cash-generating unit or a group
of cash-generating units while being held for use.

An entity shall not classify as held for sale a non-current asset (or
disposal group) that is to be abandoned. This is because
its
carrying amount will be recovered principally
through continuing use.
IFRS-6 : EXPLORATION FOR AND
EVALUATION OF MINERALS
OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD:

The objective of this IFRS is to specify the financial reporting for the exploration for and
evaluation of mineral resources.
POINTS:

Exploration and evaluation expenditures are expenditures incurred by an entity in
connection with the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources before the technical
feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable.

Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources is the search for mineral resources,
including minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources after the entity has
obtained legal rights to explore in a specific area, as well as the determination of the technical
feasibility and commercial viability of extracting the mineral resource.

Exploration and evaluation assets are exploration and evaluation
expenditures
recognized as assets in accordance with the
entity’s accounting policy.
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The IFRS:
a)
permits an entity to develop an accounting policy for exploration and
evaluation assets without specifically considering the requirements of
paragraphs 11 and 12 of IAS 8. Thus, an entity adopting IFRS 6 may
continue to use the accounting policies applied immediately before
adopting the IFRS. This includes continuing to use recognition and
measurement practices that are part of those accounting policies.
b)
requires entities recognising exploration and evaluation assets to perform
an impairment test on those assets when facts and circumstances suggest
that the carrying amount of the assets may exceed their recoverable
amount.
a)
varies the recognition of impairment from that in IAS 36 but measures the
impairment in accordance with that Standard once the impairment is
identified.
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An entity shall determine an accounting policy for allocating exploration
and evaluation assets to cash-generating units or groups of cash-generating
units for the purpose of assessing such assets for impairment. Each cashgenerating unit or group of units to which an exploration and evaluation
asset is allocated shall not be larger than an operating segment determined
in accordance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments.

Exploration and evaluation assets shall be assessed for impairment when
facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of an exploration
and evaluation asset may exceed its recoverable amount. When facts and
circumstances suggest that the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable
amount, an entity shall measure, present and disclose any resulting
impairment loss in accordance with IAS 36.
IFRS-6
One or more of the following facts and circumstances indicate that an entity should test
exploration and evaluation assets for impairment (the list is not exhaustive):
a. the period for which the entity has the right to explore in the specific area has expired
during the period or will expire in the near future, and is not expected to be renewed.
b. substantive expenditure on further exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources
in the specific area is neither budgeted nor planned.
c. exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area have not led to
the discovery of commercially viable quantities of mineral resources and the entity has
decided to discontinue such activities in the specific area.
d. sufficient data exist to indicate that, although a development in the specific area is likely
to proceed, the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset is unlikely to be
recovered in full from successful development or by sale.
An entity shall disclose information that identifies and explains the amounts recognised in its
financial statements arising from the exploration for and valuation of mineral resources.
IFRS-7 : FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
DISCLOSURE
OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD:

The objective of this IFRS is to require entities to provide disclosures in their
financial statements that enable users to evaluate:
a)
the significance of financial instruments for the entity’s financial position and
performance; and
a)
the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments to which the
entity is exposed during the period and at the reporting date, and how the entity
manages those risks. The qualitative disclosures describe management’s objectives,
policies and processes for managing those risks. The quantitative disclosures
provide information about the extent to which the entity is exposed to risk, based
on information provided internally to the entity's key management personnel.
Together, these disclosures provide an overview of the entity's use of financial
instruments and the exposures to risks they create.
IFRS-7
POINTS:

The IFRS applies to all entities, including entities that have few financial
instruments (eg a manufacturer whose only financial instruments are
accounts receivable and accounts payable) and those that have many
financial instruments (eg a financial institution most of whose assets and
liabilities are financial instruments).

When this IFRS requires disclosures by class of financial instrument, an
entity shall group financial instruments into classes that are appropriate to
the nature of the information disclosed and that take into account the
characteristics of those financial instruments. An entity shall provide
sufficient information to permit reconciliation to the line items presented in
the balance sheet.

The principles in this IFRS complement the principles for recognising,
measuring and presenting financial assets and financial liabilities in IAS 32
Financial Instruments: Presentation and IAS 39 Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement.
IFRS-8 : OPERATING SEGMENTS

OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD:

Core principle—An entity shall disclose information to
enable users of its financial statements to evaluate the nature
and financial effects of the business activities in which it
engages and the economic environments in which it operates.
POINTS:

This IFRS shall apply to:

(a) the separate or individual financial statements of an entity:
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– whose debt or equity instruments are traded in a public market (a domestic or
foreign stock exchange or an over-the-counter market, including local and regional
markets), or
– that files, or is in the process of filing, its financial statements with a securities
commission or other regulatory organisation for the purpose of issuing any class of
instruments in a public market; and

(b) the consolidated financial statements of a group with a parent:
– whose debt or equity instruments are traded in a public market (a domestic or foreign
stock exchange or an over-the-counter market, including local and regional markets), or
– that files, or is in the process of filing, the consolidated financial statements with a
securities commission or other regulatory organisation for the purpose of issuing any
class of instruments in a public market.
IFRS-8

The IFRS specifies how an entity should report information about its
operating segments in annual financial statements and, as a consequential
amendment to IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting, requires an entity to
report selected information about its operating segments in interim
financial reports. It also sets out requirements for related disclosures about
products and services, geographical areas and major customers.

The IFRS requires an entity to report financial and descriptive
information about its reportable segments. Reportable segments are
operating segments or aggregations of operating segments that meet
specified criteria.

Operating segments are components of an entity about which separate
financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief
operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in
assessing performance. Generally, financial information is required to be
reported on the same basis as is used internally for evaluating operating
segment performance
and deciding how to allocate resources to
operating
segments.
IFRS-8

The IFRS requires an entity to report a measure of operating segment
profit or loss and of segment assets. It also requires an entity to report a
measure of segment liabilities and particular income and expense items if
such measures are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.

It requires reconciliations of total reportable segment revenues, total profit
or loss, total assets, liabilities and other amounts disclosed for reportable
segments to corresponding amounts in the entity’s financial statements.
IFRS-8

The IFRS requires an entity to report information about the revenues
derived from its products or services (or groups of similar products and
services), about the countries in which it earns revenues and holds assets,
and about major customers, regardless of whether that information is used
by management in making operating decisions. However, the IFRS does
not require an entity to report information that is not prepared for internal
use if the necessary information is not available and the cost to develop it
would be excessive.
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The IFRS also requires an entity to give descriptive information about the
way the operating segments were determined, the products and services
provided by the segments, differences between the measurements used in
reporting segment information and those used in the entity’s financial
statements, and changes in the measurement of segment amounts from
period to period.
– CA VENKATA SUNEEL PERUMALLA
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